Bandage.



G. S. VAN GORDER.

BANDAGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1907.

Patented Dec. 13,1910.

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GREENLEAF S. VAN GORDER, OF PIKE, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR. TO TEXTILESPECIALTY COMPANY, OF PIKE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed April 21'), 1907. Serial No. 369,237.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GREENLEAF S. VAN GORDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pike, in the county of Wyoming and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bandages, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bandage which more particularly designed foruse by horsemen for bandaging the legs of horses but the same may alsobe used for other purposes.

The object of this invention is to produce a bandage for this purposewhich enables the legs of horses to be bandaged in'applying medicinewithout necessitating the use of cotton batting as heretofore and whichrenders it impossible to contract the leg thereby preventinginterruption of the circulation and avoiding such ailments as cording ofa leg and bowed tendons.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved bandage. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof showing itscondition while in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

The body of my improved bandage is a fabric woven in the form of a stripor band which for convenience of description may be divided into a padsupport A, a short tab B arranged at the inner end of the pad supportand a wrapper or cover C of considerable length arranged at the outerend of the pad support.

On the inner side of the pad support is arranged a rectangular pad Dwhich consists of a pile formed on the strip while the same is beingwoven. This pile does not extend at its longitudinal sides to thelongitudinal edges of the strip but stops short of the same forming apileless margin 6 on the strip on opposite sides of the pile surface, asshown in Fig. 1.

The outer end of the wrapper C is folded to a point and is provided withtwo fastening or tie strings f.

In the use of this bandage the medicine with which the horses leg is tobe treated is first applied to the pad D. The tab B is now held againstthe leg and then the pad bearing part of the bandage with its ad facinginwardly is wound around the aff icted part of the leg either spirallyor otherwise to bring the medicine in contact with the'same after whichthe wrapper or cover is wound around the padded portion of the bandageby a reverse spiral movement or otherwise until the entire padding iscovered on the outer side. These parts may now be held in this positionby passing the fastening strings around the leg in opposite directionsand tying the same together in a bow or otherwise. The width of thebandage and also the length of the padded and unpadded parts may bevaried to suit the area of the leg which it is desired to bandage. Whenthe pad and strip of a bandage are separate as heretofore the strip mustbe drawn very tightly in order to keep the pad in place which frequentlyinterrupts the cirw culation owing to the pressure on the arteries andoften causes cording of the leg and produces bowed tendons.

In the use of my improved bandage the possibility of displacing themedicine pad is impossible owing to the fact that the pad is an integralpart of the bandage which permits of applying the bandage more looselythereby avoiding the objections before mentioned but insuring theretention of the pad in its proper place so that the full effects of themedicine are always obtained.

By leaving a pileless margin on the strip of the bandage on oppositelongitudinal sides of the pile area or pad the side portions of thispile surface upon being crushed when pressed against the leg of thehorse is caused to flatten or fall over the pileless margin, as shown at9, Fig. 2, thereby producing tapering edges on the padded part of thebandage while in use and permitting the bandage to be wound smoothly anduniformly around the leg thus avoiding painful pressure on the same andinsuring absolute comfort which is impossible with bandages asheretofore constructed. The width of each pileless margin is equal tothe height of the pile surface so that when the pile is crushed down inwrapping the same around a horses leg the marginal piles will turn overthe pileless margin and just cover the same without reaching beyond theside edge of the bandage, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby forming a taperingedge on the bandage which permits of winding the same smoother thanwould otherwise be possible.

The short tab B at the inner end of the pad support enables the innerend of the bandage to be held firmly against the leg upon starting thewinding of the bandage on the leg, thereby enabling the bandage to beapplied readily and properly on the desired part of the leg.

This bandage can be washed thoroughly after each use to render the samesanitary, thus enabling the same to be used repeatedly and effecting asaving as compared with cotton batting pads which are thrown away.Furthermore these bandages are always ready for use and may be quicklyapplied by a horseman while going from place to place without relying onlocal stores for a supply of cotton batting to make up into pads forbandages.

Practically all cotton bandages now in use are knitted and have faultscommon to that texture. Continued use or washing causes the fabric tostretch with a consequent narrowing of the bandage. A bandage which isoriginally knitted four inches in width will with use, stretch andnarrow to three or even two inches. The woven bandage is not subject tothe above faults; it retains its original form and does not becomenarrow as it is used or washed. The advantage of the woven bandage istherefore apparent. Bandages are applied with practically the samepressure; if the pressure applied is distributed over a four inch widthit is necessarily less at any given point than would be the pressure ofa two inch bandage at a single point. Bandages are frequently employedafter they have become narrowed by use; the result is that the limb of ahorse is often injured by being bandaged too tightly. his is impossiblewhen my improved bandage is used.

I claim as my invention:

A bandage comprising a single strip of woven fabric which is entirelyplain or pileless on one of its sides while its opposite side has plainor pileless surfaces or 1nargins along its longitudinal edges, a pilesurface between said margins, a short plain or pileless tab at one endand a long plain or pileless surface at its opposite end the width ofeach pileless margin being equal to the height of the pile on the pilesurface.

\Zitness my hand this 17th day of April, 190(.

GREENLEAF S. VAN GORDER.

Witnesses THEO. L. Porr, E. M. GRAHAM.

